Mineola mayor to challenge Johnson

Jack Martins, the village of Mineola mayor since 2003 and a local businessman in Bohemia, will challenge Sen. Craig Johnson, D-Port Washington, for the seventh district state Senate seat.
Martins, 42, who is expected to announce his candidacy this weekend, previously challenged U.S. Rep. Carolyn McCarthy for her congressional seat in 2008.
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“I’m concerned about where Albany is heading and where it is now,” Martins said. “Seven years ago, when I was elected Mayor of Mineola, the issues we had are remarkably similar to the issues in Albany right now. We had over-deficit spending, borrowing, leveraging our future and mortgaging our children’s future with debt. I turned it around in seven years here and I want to do the same thing up there.”